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Chloë Grace Moretz is an
American actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including
four MTV Movie & TV Awards, two People's Choice Awards, two Saturn
Awards, and two Young Artist Awards.
She began acting as a child, with early roles in the supernatural horror
film The Amityville Horror (2005), the drama series Desperate Housewives
(2006–07), the supernatural horror film The Eye (2008), the drama film
The Poker House (2008), the drama series Dirty Sexy Money (2007–08), the
romantic comedy film 500 Days of Summer (2009) and the children's comedy
film Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010). Her breakthrough came in 2010 with her
critically acclaimed performances as Hit-Girl in the superhero film
Kick-Ass and as a child vampire in the horror film Let Me In.
Moretz starred in Martin Scorsese's historical adventure film Hugo
(2011), Tim Burton's horror comedy film Dark Shadows (2012), the
satirical sitcom 30 Rock (2011-2013), reprised her role as Hit-Girl in
Kick-Ass 2 (2013) and portrayed Carrie White in the supernatural horror
film Carrie (2013). In 2014, Moretz starred in the award-winning drama
film Clouds of Sils Maria (2014), the teen romantic drama If I Stay
(2014) and the vigilante action film The Equalizer (2014). She also
starred in the mystery thriller film Dark Places (2015), the science
fiction action film The 5th Wave (2016) and the comedy film Neighbors 2:
Sorority Rising (2016).
In 2016, Moretz announced she was "re-assessing" her choice of roles and
was dropping out of several projects, including Universal Studios'
live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid. Moretz's following roles
include the drama film The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018), Neil
Jordan's drama thriller film Greta (2018), the action horror film Shadow
in the Cloud (2020) and the science fiction film Mother/Android (2021).
She voiced Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family (2019) and The Addams
Family 2 (2021). Moretz's stage work includes her starring role in the
original off-Broadway production of The Library (2014) at The Public
Theater in New York City.
Early life
Moretz was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Cartersville,
Georgia. Her mother, Teri Duke, is a nurse practitioner, and her father,
Dr. McCoy "Mac" Moretz (1957–2021), was a plastic surgeon, and heir to
the Moretz hosiery business, bought out in 2011 for $350 million. She
has four older brothers: Brandon, Trevor, Colin, and Ethan; an older
sister, Kathleen, died shortly after birth. She has described her family
as "very Christian," specifically Southern Baptist. She moved to New
York City in 2002, with her mother and brother Trevor, because he had
been accepted into the Professional Performing Arts School, which is
what first drew her interest in acting. Moretz would help Trevor read
lines.
Career
2004–2015: Early roles and breakthrough
Moretz's first acting role was as Violet in two episodes of the CBS
series The Guardian, and her first film role was as Molly in Heart of
the Beholder. It was not until her second big-screen acting role, in the
2005 remake of The Amityville Horror, that she earned greater
recognition, receiving a Young Artist Award nomination. After
Amityville, Moretz received several guest-starring roles on TV, as well
as a small role in Big Momma's House 2. Her recurring TV characters
include Kiki George in Dirty Sexy Money and Sherri Maltby in Desperate
Housewives. Moretz also voiced the U.S. version of the animated
character Darby in My Friends Tigger & Pooh. Moretz also co-starred as
Cammie, an abused child, in The Poker House.
In 2010, Moretz appeared as Hit-Girl in director Matthew Vaughn's action
film Kick-Ass, based on the comic book series of the same name by Mark
Millar and John Romita Jr. Moretz trained with Jackie Chan's stunt crew
for three months prior to filming and did most of her own stunts while
filming on location. Because of her youth, there was controversy about
her role in the violent film. She received critical acclaim for her
performance. Roger Ebert gave the film only one star, but wrote about
Moretz: "Say what you will about her character, but Chloë Grace Moretz
has presence and appeal." That same year, she played Abby, a 12-year-old
vampire, in Let Me In (2010), the UK/US remake of the Swedish film Let
the Right One In. In November 2010, 13-year-old Moretz was called "the
busiest actress in Hollywood".
Moretz played Ann Sliger in the 2011 crime thriller Texas Killing
Fields. That same year, she played Isabelle in Martin Scorsese's Hugo, a
3D film adaptation of The Invention of Hugo Cabret, which was nominated
for eleven Oscars. Moretz starred in Hick, an adaptation of the novel by
Andrea Portes. She appeared in the 2012 Tim Burton film Dark Shadows, a
remake of the soap opera, playing the role of Carolyn Stoddard, a
rebellious teenage daughter.
In 2013, she reprised her role as Hit-Girl in the sequel Kick-Ass 2. The
same year, she appeared in a short segment in the film Movie 43 and
played the title character in Carrie, a remake of the 1976 film,
directed by Kimberly Peirce.
Moretz has done voice work for video games. She reprised her role as
Hit-Girl for Kick-Ass: The Game, and played young Lady Emily in
Dishonored. When asked in October 2012 why she tends to gravitate
towards playing darker, troubled characters, Moretz responded that she
has such a happy family life, and finds it challenging to play
characters who are significantly different. From March 25 through April
27, 2014, Moretz made her Off-Broadway debut in The Library, directed by
Steven Soderbergh.
Moretz played the protagonist, Mia, in the adaptation of Gayle Forman's
If I Stay (2014). The story follows a 17-year-old classical musician as
she deals with the aftermath of a catastrophic car accident involving
her family and has an out-of-body experience. Critical response to the
film was mixed; a 35% positive rating based on 122 reviews and an
average rating of 5/10 garnered by Rotten Tomatoes was accompanied by a
critics' consensus praising Moretz for giving the performance "her all".
Moretz subsequently starred as Cassie Sullivan in The 5th Wave, an
adaptation of the best-selling novel by Rick Yancey. The film was
released in January 2016. Hannah Minghella of Sony Pictures said Moretz
"embodies the heart, strength and determination that make Cassie such a
compelling character."
2016–present: Reassessment and current work
In April 2016, Moretz was chosen to serve as one of three members of the
Narrative Short Film Competition jury for the Tribeca Film Festival,
alongside Mike Birbiglia and Sheila Nevins. Also that year, she
co-starred with Zac Efron and Seth Rogen in the film Neighbors 2:
Sorority Rising, the sequel to Neighbors; and headlined the drama film
Brain on Fire, based on the memoir Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan.
In November 2015, Moretz was attached to Shane Carruth's third film, The
Modern Ocean. The ensemble cast includes Asa Butterfield, Anne Hathaway,
Daniel Radcliffe and Keanu Reeves. Also in November, Moretz was
announced as the star of Universal Studios' live-action version of Hans
Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, to be written by Richard
Curtis, though she later left the project.
In a 2016 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Moretz revealed she had
dropped out of all the unproduced film projects she was attached to. The
only announced film this affected was The Little Mermaid, since several
other films she was slated to appear in were already in post-production.
She explained, "I want to reassess who I am and find myself within my
roles again. I'm realizing that I can slow down." She said the workload
that came from being in several films a year "was causing her to lose
sight of [the reason] she started acting and instead focus on [her
films' box office receipts]." She stated she would focus on producing,
including two television projects. This was taken by some media outlets
as Moretz taking a hiatus from acting, so in a later interview, she
clarified that she was not taking time off, saying: "I'm just becoming
more picky and particular about what roles I'm choosing. I think as an
actor you have a huge opportunity to find yourself through the roles
that you choose. I think it's my time, right now in my life, to figure
out who I am and what I am and what I want and what this industry
means... Why not sit back, slow down, realize I'm 19 and go, 'Hey, let's
make stuff that really, really hits hard with who I am and helps me
figure out what it means to be a 19-year-old actor who is just doing her
thing.'"
In 2017, Moretz co-starred again with Ansel Elgort, in the crime drama
November Criminals. That same year, she starred in the comedy-drama I
Love You, Daddy, directed by Louis C.K. which had its world premiere at
the Toronto International Film Festival, where it received negative
reviews from critics. Following sexual misconduct allegations against
C.K., The Orchard who acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film as
well as international distributors, canceled the film's release. In the
aftermath of the scandal, Moretz stated, "I think it should just kind of
go away, honestly. I don't think it's time for them to have a voice
right now," referring to men accused of sexual misconduct. "Of course,
it's devastating to put time into a project and have it disappear, but
at the same time, this [Me Too] movement is so powerful and so
progressive that I'm just happy to be in communication with everyone and
to see the big change in the face of the industry, which I think is
very, very real."
In 2018, Moretz starred in the drama film The Miseducation of Cameron
Post opposite Sasha Lane and Forrest Goodluck revolving around a teenage
girl who is sent to a conversion camp. The film received positive
reviews from critics, praising Moretz's performance. It had its world
premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury
Prize. The film was released on August 3, 2018, by FilmRise. She next
appeared in the horror film Suspiria, a remake of the 1977 film of the
same name directed by Luca Guadagnino which had its world premiere at
the Venice Film Festival in September 2018. It received mixed reviews
from critics, and performed poorly at the box office. She then starred
opposite Isabelle Huppert in Greta, a thriller film, which had its world
premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2018.
It was released on March 1, 2019, by Focus Features.
In 2019, Moretz voiced Wednesday Addams in the CGI animated film The
Addams Family, which received mixed reviews from critics. In 2021, she
appeared in the live-action/animated film Tom & Jerry, directed by Tim
Story; Shadow in the Cloud, a horror-thriller directed by Roseanne
Liang, and the sequel The Addams Family 2. She signed on for a role in
Mattson Tomlin's first film as director, Mother/Android, and will appear
in the upcoming Amazon Prime Video series The Peripheral.
In 2021, Moretz executive produced the six-part Snapchat Original
series, Coming Out. highlighting young LGBTQ people. In an interview
with The Advocate, she said, "I hope it is a show that will help to save
lives by sharing what coming out means to each individual — that no
single ‘coming out’ story is the same, each one is unique."
She is set to voice the title character in the animated film Nimona, to
be released on Netflix in 2023.
Fashion
Moretz has appeared in photo shoots, including editorials, features and
covers, for magazines including Flaunt, Vogue, Teen Vogue, Jalouse,
Marie Claire, Interview, Elle, Love, Crash Magazine, InStyle and many
others. She has also been invited to various haute couture events, such
as Dior Spring/Summer 2013 at Paris Fashion Week. Max Mara's signature
in 2012 granted her the "Max Mara Face of the Future" award. In 2012,
Moretz also became the face of American youth clothing retailer
Aéropostale, appearing at various events, videos and reports. In
February 2013, Elle magazine awarded her with the "Next Future Icon
Award" at the Elle Style Awards gala held in London.
Personal life
Moretz resides in Studio City, Los Angeles. Her brother Brandon serves
as her business manager; her brother Trevor has been her acting coach
since 2010, and accompanied her on trips and press dates when her
parents were unable to attend.
She previously dated English model and photographer Brooklyn Beckham.
She attended the 2016 Democratic National Convention with Beckham in
support of Hillary Clinton. She confirmed that she and Beckham had
broken up in 2018.
Activism
Moretz has publicly supported LGBT equality. Two of her brothers are
gay; Moretz states they had initially tried to "'pray the gay away'" to
appease their community. She identifies as a feminist and has turned
down film roles that she found to be overtly sexualized. She took on the
role of a teenage prostitute in the 2014 film The Equalizer because her
character "felt so real", rather than a "plot device". In October 2014,
Moretz was named one of the 25 Most Influential Teens of the year by
Time magazine.
In 2016, Moretz voiced her support for Democratic presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton on the South Korean show The Brainiacs/Problematic Men.
She also appeared as a speaker at the 2016 Democratic National
Convention in July 2016, praising Clinton and encouraging young people
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